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OTTAWA 02 Nov (Online): Canada will speed up its immigration targets, hoping to welcome a record number of newcomers in order to address a worker shortage in the country, Immigration Minister Sean Fraser announced on Tuesday. “Canada needs more people,” Fraser told a news conference. […]

LONDON 02 Nov (Online): British Home Secretary Suella Braverman faced heavy criticism on Tuesday for describing the arrival of asylum seekers as an invasion, with lawmakers across the political spectrum warning of the risk of using inflammatory language. Her comments came a day after a […]

MOSCOW – October 31 (ONLINE) Russian President Vladimir Putin is hopeful that his trilateral meeting with the leaders of Armenia and Azerbaijan will make it possible to outline steps to resolve the Nagorno-Karabakh issue, as he himself said at a meeting with Armenian Prime Minister […]

SEOUL – October 31 (ONLINE) At least 154 people are known to have died in Saturday’s tragic Halloween crush in a popular nightlife district of the South Korean capital, Seoul. Most of the victims were in their 20s and there were more women among the […]

ANKARA – October 31 (ONLINE) Türkiye will continue its efforts to find a solution to the global food crisis, as it has done so far, despite Russia’s withdrawal from a UN-backed deal, President Recep Tayyip Erdogan said. “With the joint mechanism that we have ensured […]

Bogotá, Oct 31 (AFP/APP): The leaders of Colombia and Venezuela will hold talks in Caracas Tuesday, the first meeting at presidential level since the neighbors reestablished diplomatic ties after a three-year break, the presidency in Bogota said. Colombia’s leftist new president Gustavo Petro will meet […]

ISLAMABAD, Oct 31 (APP): UN-Habitat Executive Director Maimunah Mohd Sharif in a message on 2022 World Cities Day ‘Act Local to Go Global’ said that Cities and communities have the power to help Governments translate policy into practice. Sometimes the solution to the challenges we […]

TEHRAN – October 30 (ONLINE) Iranian students defied warnings from the feared Revolutionary Guards and Basij militia that nationwide protests must end by Sunday, prompting a fierce response from riot police and militia, videos on social media showed. Iranians from all walks of life have […]

SEOUL – October 30 (ONLINE) Foreign leaders expressed condolences over the deadly crowd surge in Seoul’s Itaewon district, with at least 20 foreign nationals from as many as a dozen countries among those killed in the crush in a popular nightspot. South Korea’s President Yoon […]

Nairobi, Oct 30 (AFP/APP): The African Union on Sunday said it was extremely concerned by the deteriorating security situation in the troubled eastern Democratic Republic of Congo, where rebels have made fresh gains. In a joint statement, AU chairman Macky Sall and AU Commission chair […]